A Ruffed Grouse and Beaver Tree Cutting
sterday, Tuesday, while driving along the Branch Road, my husband was driving, I saw a ruffed Grouse feeding on the roadside shoulder, and I said to my husband, "Let's turn and go back to see if we can find it." ( I wanted to take its picture. He found a rain filled entrance to an old logging road , and as the truck got turned after a stalled motor, we were on our way returning back the way we had come. I was scanning the opposite roadside for grouse, despairing that we wouldn't find it again. My husband spied some fallen trees and roadside waterfilled ditches. Then ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgckjNAwwg6JweEK_0465N20eb5FhhLFYa2ZRN8qx70uxdkEjZufpZrdd_t1eTFBX7PlrvZ61iMZXuv-nEL1m8VCtod1XofA9VpJh6BeqTilVTQQz7h_KXmNDMXoS8BIyBDL2oX5Q/s320/gnawed+tree+.jpg)
he sighted a tall tree, with a notched ( gnawed base line. Aha! Beavers had been at work! what an amazing skill and accuracy these beavers have. their work is rather beautiful in their destruction. I wonder how many nights work these beavers have ahead of them befpore this tree falls? I shall follow up on this location to see what success these industrious creatures have with their tree cutting and logging.
so We admired the beaver's work and took a couple of pictures, before we moved on , up the highway when I suddenly called, "Stop" , to my husband,
for there ahead of us on the highway was the Ruffed Grouse, whose sighting had been the purpose of our redirection.
The Grouse![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrJJHm2FVJaPp2ud05EKGHHD6IhyphenhyphenNlZvP4QcrEAtvLvCt0NpWLzUew5imHHU18oWYOrg-s79jRIrqPtdxwvwt49No40MxGe2jVsySLWfMjbr-VswR9PsF4pPijn86mTa1b5mUHlw/s320/grouse+on+roadside.jpg)
was wary of our moving vehicle and did not stop and pose for my camera. It acted in a shy manner and in a few seconds flew across the highway to escape from our attentions.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggfJYbCUIsx4INtRJG5RGdJ26pP9bROPMgz6K2Ysh65YNiQF0m2nCzpHSXIV2xF30-j2AB2OEQsI_UvaoOe2-cZuDjnWOffUTSZ032wNav4w44mOafz7SgkxNCMvRhCcG-QVsY0A/s320/ruffed+grouse.jpg)
Wednesday update of Beaver notched tree:
Still standing:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgckjNAwwg6JweEK_0465N20eb5FhhLFYa2ZRN8qx70uxdkEjZufpZrdd_t1eTFBX7PlrvZ61iMZXuv-nEL1m8VCtod1XofA9VpJh6BeqTilVTQQz7h_KXmNDMXoS8BIyBDL2oX5Q/s320/gnawed+tree+.jpg)
he sighted a tall tree, with a notched ( gnawed base line. Aha! Beavers had been at work! what an amazing skill and accuracy these beavers have. their work is rather beautiful in their destruction. I wonder how many nights work these beavers have ahead of them befpore this tree falls? I shall follow up on this location to see what success these industrious creatures have with their tree cutting and logging.
so We admired the beaver's work and took a couple of pictures, before we moved on , up the highway when I suddenly called, "Stop" , to my husband,
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dkLWc6ZsU0K-tHpufi4IznQ4MXG6qXTHG20ZVDcNZYV1fupw0v8Govj8zb-doo-8ackG0y-Ty0eO6AB6wvsvsFLAA0MPOqrvK8xQxsu-kNf5QjfeB9o7sgKndYf77ZRy12Gzrg/s320/grouse+in+the+distance.jpg)
The Grouse
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrJJHm2FVJaPp2ud05EKGHHD6IhyphenhyphenNlZvP4QcrEAtvLvCt0NpWLzUew5imHHU18oWYOrg-s79jRIrqPtdxwvwt49No40MxGe2jVsySLWfMjbr-VswR9PsF4pPijn86mTa1b5mUHlw/s320/grouse+on+roadside.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggfJYbCUIsx4INtRJG5RGdJ26pP9bROPMgz6K2Ysh65YNiQF0m2nCzpHSXIV2xF30-j2AB2OEQsI_UvaoOe2-cZuDjnWOffUTSZ032wNav4w44mOafz7SgkxNCMvRhCcG-QVsY0A/s320/ruffed+grouse.jpg)
Wednesday update of Beaver notched tree:
Still standing:
1 comment:
What a great eye you have to have seen them!! It's always exciting to spot something like that, isn't it?g
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